Michigan
NCAA Championships (Day 3)
Davis Rules: Tarwater Repeats in 200 Fly at NCAA Meet
3/25/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
ATLANTA, Ga. -- Senior captain Davis Tarwater (Knoxville, Tenn./Webb School) broke his own Big Ten Conference and school record en route to his second consecutive 200-yard butterfly national title to lead the University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team on the final day (Saturday, March 25) of the NCAA Championships. U-M finished eighth overall with 209 points as Auburn University (480.5 points) captured its fourth consecutive NCAA title.
In second after the first lap, Tarwater put together a sub-26 second leg to pull into first, and despite close competition the senior never relinquished the lead. Tarwater secured his victory by swimming the fastest final split, making him the fourth Wolverine -- first since 1966-67 -- to repeat in the event. Sophomore Alex Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams) also posted a top time in the 200 fly with a sixth-place finish, touching the wall in 1:44.68.
In the opening event of the night, senior captain Peter Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich./Adams) swam to his second individual runner-up performance of the meet in the 1,650-yard freestyle. The senior set a personal best of 14:33.76, finishing behind Sebastien Rouault of Georgia. Freshman Matt Patton (Matthews, N.C./Butler) also competed in the timed final and finished 21st in 15:12.07.
After missing the "A" final by just 0.04 seconds in the preliminaries, senior Chris DeJong (Holland, Mich./Holland) came back strong to finish first in the "B" final. His time of 1:43.12 earned the team 11 points as he placed ninth overall. Florida's Ryan Lochte successfully defended his title in the event with a U.S. Open, America and NCAA record of 1:37.68.
The three senior captains all finished their storied careers in the Maize and Blue together as members of U-M's entry in the 400-yard freestyle relay, the final event. DeJong, Tarwater and Peter Vanderkaay were joined by freshman Bobby Savulich (Edison, N.J./Saint Joseph) as the foursome took first in the consolation heat for ninth overall, finishing in 2:55.07.
Championship award information and complete results can be found at www.ncaasports.com.
Final Team Standings (Top 10)
1. Auburn 480.5 2. Arizona 440.5 3. Stanford 362.5 4. Texas 307 5. Florida 268.5 6. California 250.5 7. Southern Cal. 223 8. MICHIGAN 209 9. Georgia 197 10. Northwestern 183.5
Top Eight/U-M FInishers (Day 3)
1,650-yard Freestyle 1. Sebastien Rouault, Georgia 14:29.43% 2. Peter Vanderkaay, U-M 14:33.76 3. Larsen Jensen, Southern Cal. 14:44.89 4. Michael Klueh, Texas 14:48.24 5. Mark Randall, Alabama 14:48.25 6. Gal Nevo, Arizona State 14:55.54 7. Ous Mellouli, Southern Cal 14:55.73 8. Shaun Phillips, Stanford 14:55.85 21. Matt Patton, U-M 15:12.07 200-yard Backstroke 1. Ryan Lochte, Florida 1:37.68*#$^% 2. Hongzhe Sun, Stanford 1:40.25 3. Nick Thoman, Arizona 1:41.31 4. David Cromwell, Harvard 1:41.83 5. David Plummer, Minnesota 1:42.89 Lucas Salatta, Florida 1:42.89 7. Doug Van Wie, Auburn 1:42.99 8. James Wike, Auburn 1:43.18 9. Chris DeJong, U-M 1:43.12 100-yard Freestyle 1. Garrett Weber-Gale, Texas 42.11% 2. Ben Wildman-Torbiner, Stanford 42.17 3. Simon Burnett, Arizona 42.54 4. Cesar Cielo, Auburn 42.58 5. Lyndon Ferns, Arizona 42.65 6. Matt Grevers, Northwestern 42.83 7. Matt Targett, Auburn 42.89 8. Christopher Sullivan, Oakland 42.91 200-yard Breaststroke 1. Henrique Barbosa, California 1:53.97% 2. Vlad Polyakov, Alabama 1:54.08 3. Paul Kornfeld, Stanford 1:54.41 4. Matthew Lowe, Texas 1:55.06 5. Giordan Pogioli, Purdue 1:55.58 6. Mike Alexandrov, Northwestern 1:56.46 7. Ivan Barnes, Arizona 1:56.62 8. Eric Shanteau, Auburn 1:57.51 200-yard Butterfly 1. Davis Tarwater, U-M 1:41.84!@% 2. Gil Sotvall, Georgia 1:42.10 3. Viktor, Bodrogi, Southern Cal 1:43.10 4. Gus Calado, Virginia Tech 1:44.25 5. Patrick Cary, UC Santa Barbara 1:44.41 6. Alex Vanderkaay, U-M 1:44.68 7. Meir Hasbani, Princeton 1:45.74 8. Rory Connell, Auburn 1:47.58 Platform Diving 1. Steven Segerlin, Auburn 469.30 2. Chris Cowill, Georgia 443.95 3. Steve LoBue, Purdue 349.60 4. Mats Wiktorsson, Hawaii 347.55 5. Eric Sehn, Texas A&M 333.45 6. Kent DeMond, Princeton 322.10 7. Evan Stowers, Georgia Tech 310.70 8. Ryan Fagan, Indiana 300.40 400-yard Freestyle Relay 1. Arizona 2:48.39% (Simon Burnett, Lyndon Ferns, Albert Subirats, Adam Ritter) 2. Auburn 2:48.89 3. Texas 2:51.56 4. California 2:52.37 5. Stanford 2:52.47 6. Florida 2:53.56 7. Northwestern 2:54.02 8. Minnesota 2:54.64 9. MICHIGAN 2:55.07 (Davis Tarwater, Peter Vanderkaay, Chris DeJong, Bobby Savulich) * NCAA record # U.S. Open record $ American record ^ NCAA Meet record ! Big Ten Conference record @ Michigan school record % Georgia Tech Aquatic Center record
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